It might have started as just a few drumming lessons, but for one young student in the north Cotswolds, those lessons were the beginning of a journey that would take them all the way to a top music school and towards a future in music.

A rare 2nd-century Roman toddler's drinking cup with a sad back story has been conserved and is on display at Corinium Museum in Cirencester, where it will be reunited with other objects discovered in the same grave.

New affordable homes are giving people the opportunity to put down roots in their communities, while growing numbers of residents are using leisure services to improve their health and wellbeing, according to Cotswold District Council’s latest performance report.